Ricky Gervais Did Not #$@%ing Say That

Comedian and 'The Office' creator Ricky Gervais is even funny when he's mad -- but the man is not shy about strong language. Gervais checked out his recent interview with British men's magazine GQ, only to find that the article's introduction contained a quote he'd never said.

"We talked for some time. The journalist even taped it. What could go wrong? I'll tell you what can go wrong," Gervais writes on his official blog. "They introduce the piece with this quote: 'Ricky Gervais once said, I came to this business uneducated, 5'6", dyslexic, with a face like a squashed cabbage. And they welcomed me with open arms.'

"No he f***ing didn't! Why the f*** would he? He came to this business with a f***ing degree in Philosophy, not dyslexic, 5'8" with a face like... OK the last bit is fine. But the rest is b**locks and I never said it."

Gervais continues, "Where did they get that from? Why didn't they ask me if I said that when we were in the same ... room for a b**tard hour? I put the quote into Google. I found this: 'I came into this business uneducated, dyslexic, 5ft 6in, cubic, with a face like a squashed cabbage and they welcomed me with open arms.' -- Actor Bob Hoskins. How f***ing hard was that?"

The comedian was interviewed by a GQ journalist to publicize his upcoming film 'Cemetery Junction,' a '70s-set comedy also starring Emily Watson and Ralph Fiennes.

It's not that Gervais "is not shy about strong language," but that we Americans are such hypocritical prudes about strong language while celebrating misogyny, violence, and hypersexuality. His refusal to backtrack on why we're all so dang fat are brilliant.